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Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-garren
- Ordinal number suffix.
- bi (“two”) + -garren → bigarren (“second”)
- lau (“four”) + -garren → laugarren (“fourth”)
- ehun (“hundred”) + -garren → ehungarren (“hundredth”)
Usage notes
- The ordinal form of bat (“one”) is lehen (“first”), not *batgarren. However, in compound numbers ending in bat, the suffix is regularly applied. For example, the ordinal form of hogeita bat (“twenty-one”) is hogeita batgarren (“twenty-first”), and not *hogeita lehen.